Improvement in molasses-gates



u .e m- @y i aiutata @met l @time i JOHN HEGARTY, OE .TER-SE Y CITY, NEW JERSEY.

- Letters Patent No. 85,660, elated January 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOLASSES-G-ATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all lwhom `it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEGARTY, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molasses-Faucets'- andI do hereby declare that the folli wing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part` of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front View of a faucet constructed according to my invention.

'Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken in the line :c a: of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section, taken in the line y y of fig. 1. 4 Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention' relates to that class of molasses-faucets in which a gate is pressed closely against theopening or oriice thereof, when the same is closed; and

It consists in a novel construction of a faucet, whereby much less labor is required in fitting up the same, than has been the case with those heretofore in use, thus greatly reducing the cost of manufacture, and, furthermore', whereby the faucet may be easily manipulated when required, and a tight joint between the grate and the body of the faucet eifectually obtained.

To enablel others to understand the construction and operation of my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A is the hoiizontal tubular stem of the faucet, which is screwed into the cask or other Vessel to which the faucet is applied, and has a Hat vertical plate, a, formed upon its forward end, to which the other parts of the apparatus are attached, as will be presently fully set forth. A

Formed in and extending back through the plate a, near one edge thereof, is a circular hole, b, and formed over the forward end of this hole b, at a little distance therefrom, is a cap, c, in such manner that a socket, e, is formed underneath the said cap, as shown more clearly in fig. 3. The opposite edge of the plate a describes the arc of a circle, concentric with the hole b, and has cast upon it a forwardly-projecting "rim or flange, f, in which is formed a large transverse slot, B-, through which is Y passed the lever-shaft D, which operates the gate of the faucet, the said slot B being parallel with the front surface of the plate a, and constituting a guide for the Y'said lever-shaft D, as will be hereinafter further set forth.

Fitted into` a shallow recess formed in the face or -front surface of the plate, and surrounding the orifice This gate C is made flat, and has formed upon the, extremity of its stem h a cylindrical rearwardlyprojecting knob or spur, fm, lwhich is fitted into the hole b, as shown more plainly in fig. 3, and constitutes the pivot of the said gate.

The lower portion of the gate is made of the proper shape to cover the orifice A' when the gate is brought downward, while the upper portion thereof is extended upward, as shown at n.

Projecting forward from the lower part of the gate C, is a longitudinal lug, r, the lower side of which is flat, and forms a shoulder at right angles to the front surface of the gate.

Situated at a little distance below this lug r are two similar lugs, s, the upper surfaces of which are dat,

and which are made much narrower than the lug c, so that a space, fr', is left between them.

, D represents a shaft, which is used as a lever in operating the gate C to open or close the orice A', the innermost end ofthe shaft D being placed in the socket e, between the end of the gate C and the inner sideof the cap c, as shown more clearly in iig. 3, with its central portion situated between the lug lr and the lugs s, while the opposite end thereof is passed through the slot or guide B, and has formed upon ita handle, u.

At the innermost part of this handle fu, placed at right angles thereto, and just outside of the guide B, is another handle, e, and formed upon the central part between the lugs s, is a 'small cam, w.

v When it is desired to open the faucet, or, in other words, to uncover or unclose the orifice A thereof, the shaft D is turned around by means of the handle c, so that the cam wis broughtA away from the forward surface of the gate O, so that the saidt gate being relieved from the pressure of the cam, may be raised up by simply raising the outer end or handle u of the shaft D, which, in this case, operates as a lever, and elevates the gate C, by acting upon the lower side of the lug fr, thus uncovering the orifice A, and opening the faucet. In closing the same, the outer end of the .shaft D is brought downward, so that the said shaft, acting upon the lugs s, brings the gate down over the orifice.

The shaft D is then turned around, so that the cam wis forced tightly against the outer side or face of the gate, the shaft being at the same time forced against the outer sideof the slot or guide B, which braces the same, so that the gate is pressed tightly upon the face of the plate a, the layer of rubber let into the said face, around-the opening A', as hereinbefore set forth, forming a packing, which insures a perfectly tight joint between the gate and the aforesaid plate a, and thus eifectually closing the opening.

Inasrnuch as the slot or guide B, and also the socket andthe holeb, are formedin the body ofthe faucet, during the operation of casting the same, and inasmuch as the gate C and the shaft D are each cast in one f I piece with their respective parts, it followsthat a very of the said shaft D, at the point opposite the space '14,

trifiing expenditure of time and labor is required in fitting up and putting the faucet together, thus materially reducing the' expense of manufacturing the same.

Furthermore, by extending the layer of rubber upward, as shown in figs. 1- and 2, the upper part ofthe said layer serves as an elastic backing behind -the gate, when the said gate is raised," and tends to keep it in proper position, and to prevent anyjarring of the same when it is moved up or down, as hereiubefore explained.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l, The body of the faucet, with the slot or guide B,

the socket e, and the hole b, arranged in combination for the purpose speoiied.

f JOHN HEGARTY. Witnesses:

A. LE CLERC, E. P. TRACY. 

